Two days after he was arrested and charged in connection with the nine-month disappearance of Abby Hernandez, Team 5 is gathering more details about Nathaniel Kibby's background, including about his long history with local law enforcement.

"He was a very bright kid. He was exceedingly articulate beyond his years, but he was, you would describe as different, or quirky," Perley said. "He seemed not really connected to anything or anyone else when you first meet him."

Perley has known Kibby since he was 12 and prosecuted Kibby regularly.

"He would want to discuss the case and would discuss it in an intelligent fashion, but his opinion was always unyielding, and there was no room for any outside opinion or influence or alternative theory."

Over the past few years, Kibby appeared to have straightened his life out, according to Perley, who said he is saddened to hear of that Kibby is charged.

"I had seen Nate Kibby go through the many levels of maturation that I would often see in my 30 years in law enforcement from kids that that had brushes with the law and get in trouble and then they tend to grow out of it," he said.

Perley said he is extremely happy to hear of an arrest for Abby, the community and his colleagues in law enforcement.

"It is very sad and unfortunate that often times the worst things we experience as a community aren't with some faceless stranger from away, but from people within our own midst. It re-emphasizes the adage that we need to be vigilant, we need to be cautious, and we need to work together," he said.